News David Braben Live Chat Thread (5th June)

[Bingo Brewster]

Hi David, and Team

I'm a bit confused as what we are supposed to posting if not the questions.

Anyway I look forward to the answers with interest

 

[David Braben]

Some answers in no particular order:

Dwarden - no written answers here - though a Twitch stream maybe a good way for the future.



Listeri69 - no tea, I have some coffee, though! ;-)



Daffan, Vikinger, Sterlino - Why P2P and not central server?

It is neither of these - it is a hybrid. The important elements are moderated by the server and are slightly less time-critical, but much of the traffic goes peer to peer to reduce ping times. We will tune the emphasis throughout beta.


Wolf: Do I code? When was the last game?

Hi Wolf, sadly no, but I do miss it. I think there may still be a little bit of code left in some of the Cobra tool chain, but nothing for a good few years

Riedquat:

Will I play E once released? What aspect will I play?

Absolutely! I think the exploration is probably the biggest appeal to me.

 

[EidLeWeise]

Hi David, and Team

I'm a bit confused as what we are supposed to posting if not the questions.

Anyway I look forward to the answers with interest

I think here?

 

[Listeri69]

We'll see how well behaved you all are!

Michael

Does this apply to the Dev team too

We did buy the pizza's...................

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

thanks to all the team (not just DB though he gets an extra shiny gold star ) for creating such a great game

 

[Michael Brookes]

Does this apply to the Dev team too

We did buy the pizza's...................

No!

Michael

 

[Colonel Kenney]

My question from the other day was

[Question removed - Keep questions in http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthr...d=1#post455421 - Michael] (oops sorry)

I suggested that the fellow "fanwagoneers" could raise a toast to you for rekindling our passion and imagination again.

Plus I am curious to know what kinda beer you have there in the UK as we are spoiled here in Canada with great beer.

 

[David Braben]

Darkman - plans for the centre of the galaxy

The plan is to make it as realistic as we can. There is still quite a lot of uncertainty, but the stellar density is pretty well known, as is the evidence for a super-massive black hole - the X ray source Sagittarius A, so we will implement that.

Having said that, the galactic centre is not a very interesting place as there will be very few (if any) planets.

 

[EidLeWeise]

Plus I am curious to know what kinda beer you have there in the UK as we are spoiled here in Canada with great beer.

I've no idea about David's favourite beer, but PLEASE beer in the UK.... that's like.... erm.... two things that go crazy stupid well together....

 

[Philip Coutts]

David Braben has only one green box?! Sacrilege, surely he should have hundreds of them......

 

[Frank]

Hi David, and Team

I'm a bit confused as what we are supposed to posting if not the questions.

Anyway I look forward to the answers with interest

I take it that we are allowed to congratulate David Braben and the development team on their excellent work so far. Can we say that on this thread?

 

[EidLeWeise]

David Braben has only one green box?! Sacrilege, surely he should have hundreds of them......

That's probably because he has more to do than sit on the forums all day

 

[Skizomeuh]

Having said that, the galactic centre is not a very interesting place as there will be very few (if any) planets.

Well at least there's probably a big 42 near it

 

[parablax]

Darkman - plans for the centre of the galaxy

The plan is to make it as realistic as we can. There is still quite a lot of uncertainty, but the stellar density is pretty well known, as is the evidence for a super-massive black hole - the X ray source Sagittarius A, so we will implement that.

Having said that, the galactic centre is not a very interesting place as there will be very few (if any) planets.

Hah - imagine the frame shift lock around that thing!!!

 

[Tinman]

David Braben has only one green box?! Sacrilege, surely he should have hundreds of them......

I rather see the post count go up to be honest!

Sorry! Off-topic.

 

[Michael Brookes]

I take it that we are allowed to congratulate David Braben and the development team on their excellent work so far. Can we say that on this thread?

Sure, I'm just trying the keep the questions separate, so the only questions in the thread are the ones that have been answered.

Michael

 

[Cosmos]

Darkman - plans for the centre of the galaxy

The plan is to make it as realistic as we can. There is still quite a lot of uncertainty, but the stellar density is pretty well known, as is the evidence for a super-massive black hole - the X ray source Sagittarius A, so we will implement that.

Having said that, the galactic centre is not a very interesting place as there will be very few (if any) planets.

Its probably going to require a special pair of sunglasses in there.

 

[David Braben]

Brodie = Crafting

"Has any (more) thought been put into Crafting within Elite Dangerous?
I'd love to mine the required resources and then deposit it them into a rented factory along with a blueprint and make my own missiles etc"

There is already a sort of crafting loop in Premium Beta 1 - for example coltan is mined, then taken to be refined into tantalum, then turned into high-tech goods. Down the line mining machines (as featured in Frontier) and similar elements will be introduced, but that will most likely be after the first release.

 

[Darkman]

Thanks for your answer David, it looks like it will be quite a challenge to get there, but worth it once you arrive !

 

[technome]

I take it that we are allowed to congratulate David Braben and the development team on their excellent work so far. Can we say that on this thread?

Careful... That's a question.